12:30 PM – 2:00 PMLunch talk and discussion on transnational terrorism, with Prof. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and Lecturer at Sciences Po, Paris.]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PMJoin us for a talk and Q&A with Siobhan MacDermott, Ernst & Young, as part of the IBGC Speaker Series. ]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PM]]>4:00 PM – 5:30 PMJoin us for an in-depth presentation on projects that are using mobile devices and cloud databases to provide solutions for organizations working in social impact around the world. Snacks will be served. ]]>5:30 PM – 7:00 PMMark your calendars for a Discussion on Water Securities and Insecurities, with some of the world's leading water scholars:
- Prof. Ken Conca, American University
- Prof. Andrea Gerlack, University of Arizona
- Prof. Bruce Lankford, University of East Anglia
- Prof. Lawrence Susskind, MIT
Moderated by
William Moomaw, Tufts University]]>6:00 PM – 10:00 PMAnnual dinner auction. Faculty and staff serve students a three-course meal followed by an auction to raise funds for a local non-profit organization. ]]>1:00 PM – 2:30 PMJoin Professor Sulmaan Khan as he discusses his new book "Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands" in which he tells the story of the PRC's response to the Tibetan crisis of 1959 and brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters: Chinese diplomats appalled by sky burials, Guomindang spies working with Tibetans in Nepal, traders carrying salt across the Himalayas, and Tibetan Muslims rioting in Lhasa. These individuals caused China to move from empire-lite to a harder, heavier imperial structure, thereby changing Chinese foreign policy and the course of the Cold War.
Refreshments will be served.
]]>3:00 PM – 4:30 PMJoin us for the second annual Fletcher Women's Leadership Award Ceremony. The 2015 recipient of the FWLA is Amanda Judge (F09), Founder and CEO of Faire Collection, a fair trade accessories brand that brings economic stability to more than 200 rural artisans in Ecuador and Vietnam. ]]>7:00 PM – 11:00 PMCultural night sponsored by The Fletcher Asia Club.]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PMIBGC Speaker Series: Bruce Mosler, Chairman, Global Brokerage, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.]]>8:00 AM – 9:30 AMBook Talk and Breakfast with author John Clark-Levin.]]>10:00 AM – 11:30 AMOff the record coffee and conversation with Brian Grim- Fletcher School - Murrow Room]]>3:15 PM – 5:15 PMNorth Korea expert Joshua Stanton will offer his insight into on-going tensions between the DPRK, the U.S., and the region. Mr. Stanton is a former Army JAG officer who was stationed in South Korea. Following his service, he served as the principle drafter of H.R. 1771, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act.
His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PMAmar Sawhney, Ocular Therapeutix]]>6:00 PM – 7:30 PMTwice a year, all MIB cohorts get together to celebrate wins, address challenges, and share experiences. Hosted by Dean Bhaskar Chakravorti, we look forward to breaking bread together, sharing progress, and learning how you can get involved in the various activities of the Institute for Business in the Global Context.]]>6:00 PM – 7:30 PM#InsertYourRevolutionsCalltoArmsandCatchyPhraseHere]]>10:00 AM – 11:00 AMOff the record coffee and conversation with Yiorgos Lakkotrypis,
Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation, Republic of Cyprus
]]>5:30 PM – 8:00 PMDuncan Foley and Lance Taylor to be honored for improving our understanding of the relationships between environmental quality and the macroeconomy.]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PMIBGC Speaker Series: Kamal Quadir, CEO, bKash]]>9:00 AM – 5:00 PMOrganized and Co-Sponsored by: Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis & International Security Studies Program presents: Symposium on New Dynamics in Japanese Security Policy. Chatham House Rule applies.]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PM]]>2:30 PM – 4:00 PMLeila Fawaz will discuss her new book:
Land of Aching Hearts: the Middle East in the Great War
Friday, April 3, 2015
3:00pm-4:30pm
Ginn Library Reading Room
Refreshments will be served.]]>5:30 PM – 7:30 PM]]> April 10, 2015 5:00 PMMark your calendars for this year’s annual inclusion forum, Inclusion, Inc. Following up on the success of last year’s Inclusive City, this year’s conference will draw upon IBGC’s ongoing research in Sustainable and Inclusive Business Activities (SIBA) and Inclusive Growth to understand just what national and regional players in the emerging world have to teach mature markets about the integration of inclusive practices, lean business models, and the future of business. ]]>5:30 PM – 7:00 PM]]>12:30 PM – 1:45 PM]]>7:00 PM – 11:00 PMCultural night organized by Fletcher students.]]>5:30 PM – 7:00 PM]]>6:00 PM – 11:00 PMSocial event organized by Fletcher students. ]]>